Sandra Day O'Connor being sworn in as Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Warren as her husband John O'Connor looks on. 9/25/81. (National Archives) For a full sized image, visit: http://reaganlibrary.gov/images/Supreme_Court/c4121-11a.jpg.
Supreme Court Justices pose with President Reagan in the Supreme Court Conference Room. From left to right: Justice Harry Blackmun, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Justice William Brennan, Chief Justice Warren Burger, President Reagan, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice Byron White, Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Justice William Rehnquist and Justice John Paul Stevens. 9/25/81. (National Archives) Click here for the full sized image: http://reaganlibrary.gov/images/Supreme_Court/c4122-11.jpg
President Reagan and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor outside the Supreme Court after her swearing-in ceremony. 9/25/81. (National Archives)For the full sized image, visit: http://reaganlibrary.gov/images/Supreme_Court/C4127-7A.jpg
President Reagan with Chief Justice Warren Burger, Justice William Brennan, Byron White, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Justice Harry Blackmun, Justice Lewis Powell, Justice William Rehnquist, Justice John Paul Stevens, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, and Justice Potter Stewart during a reception for the U.S. Supreme Court Justices in the State Dining Room. 10/1/85. (National Archives) For the full sized image, visit: http://reaganlibrary.gov/images/Supreme_Court/c31181-23.jpg
U.S. Supreme Court, 1998 Back row (left to right): Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Hackett Souter, Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer; front row (left to right): Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens, William Hubbs Rehnquist, Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony M. Kennedy. 1998. (Wikimedia Commons)
Supreme Court Justices, 2013 (Fox News)
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"Well, it's about time." Print shows "Justice" standing at the foot of the steps to the Supreme Court of the United States, she turns her head and lifts the blindfold in time to see the left foot and a bit of the robe of the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor, ascending the steps to take her place on the bench. July 8, 1981. (Library of Congress)
September 10, 1981. (Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress)
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, July 2, 2005 (Steve Benson in "The Arizona Republic")
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New York Times article from July 7, 1981:Reagan Nominating Woman, an Arizona Appeals Judge, to Serve on Supreme Court
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'A Reputation for Excelling' - Sandra Day O'Connor
New York Times article from September 26, 1981
JUSTICE O'CONNOR SEATED ON NATION'S HIGHEST COURT
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